The National Guard is beginning to pull back its presence in states across the country after its historic response to unrest over the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd in police custody last month.
A Pentagon official told Fox News on Tuesday that the National Guard saw its high-water mark several days ago, and that there will be a “very steady decline” in the coming days as states "out-process" those National Guard forces on duty.
At the height of operations, more than 5,000 National Guard men and women from 11 states and D.C. supported the civil unrest mission in D.C., which saw some of the most intense protests. The official told Fox News that Defense Secretary Mark Esper worked with governors to get as many National Guard forces as possible into cities across the country so that active-duty troops would not be necessary.That internal debate came as scenes of looting and rioting emerged from cities across the country, and Trump complained that state leaders were not being tough enough.
“These citizen soldiers gave state and local law enforcement the ability to successfully focus on protecting life, property and the right to peacefully protest,” Hoffman told Fox News. “The streets of America didn’t spontaneously become peaceful last week,” White House Director of Strategic Communications Alyssa Farrah told Fox News. “It was a direct result of President Trump calling on governors and mayors to surge the National Guard in their states and restore law and order on America’s streets so that peaceful protesters could demonstrate safely.”
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